Hi! I'm Cyndi M. Frick. (No, the "M" from my middle initial is not short for Marie... it is an abbreviation for my Korean name from when I was adopted). I am rockin' my mid-30's, and I enjoy the best (and worst) of both mothering worlds: being a working mom and a stay-at-home mom (at times). I work from home as Co-Founder of Paris Honoré, I also own and operate my own graphic design company called FrickNGraphix, Inc., and occasionally I do writing for the Duluth Moms Blog and Go Au Pair.

Most recently (in April of 2015), I worked up the courage to publish my first book: The Most Unlikely Mother Unfiltered: An Overshare of Embarrassing Truths About Motherhood. It took a year to write it, and another year to edit, rewrite, edit again, and then just do it. When you've never really done something before, you don't know if you suck at it, and that's what I was afraid of - sucking at it and not knowing. However, I was lucky enough to get some positive feedback and interest from some literary agents and a great beta reader group, and that positive energy was the confidence-booster I needed to put my story out there for the world to enjoy.

I have a 6-year-old son Leighton and an 3-year-old son Cambridge. My husband Mark also works from home which makes things very interesting and annoying on many occasions. I never thought I would be a mother; I never wanted to be a mother. However, things change, hearts change, and that's another story (it's in the book). I always thought that if I were to become a mother, I would have just one child - a girl. As you can see, things don't always turn out as you plan, and that's not a bad thing.

I enjoy fishing, writing, photography, cooking (when no one is bothering me, and I have time), shoes, shopping (online mostly as of late), and indulging in whatever obsessive hobby I have at the time. I recently decided that I like writing (and blogging) - who knew?! I'm glad that I can still discover new things about myself as I get older. How do you know you don't like something or aren't good at something if you don't try it?

Oh yeah, and I'm Korean... you probably noticed that I'm Asian, but you're too scared to ask "what kind" of Asian I am (hey, I'm scared to ask other Asians what kind they are too!). Mystery solved, and uncomfortable line of questioning avoided. I am adopted (from SOUTH Korea - no, you can't adopt from North Korea...) and have an older, (also adopted) sister. I grew up in a small town in Wisconsin, and my family and I have been fortunate enough to relocate to a city we used to vacation to - Duluth, MN.